May 2008 Grocery Challenge

beemuzed

In just under budget this month - £262 spent in all.

fedupnow

Ok shameful I know but I knew it was a very ambitious jump and I am fairly pleased with myself. I have lots in the cupboard and of course I face a glut from the garden in June and July (that's if those b****d slugs don't have ALL of it) so the next two months should be pretty good and hopefully I will break even by the end of the summer.

So cashing in May with a ginormous overspend with £254.84.

run away and hide now.

mumoftwo

sorry to report I gave up after two weeks, just lack of willpower on my part, but am determined to do better this month.

poohbear59

After following this thread for about a year I completely lost the plot this month. I have no idea how much I spent and don't even dare to think abut it. I am going to set my budget at £200 for June.

mikeD

I can now declare my Total for May as £201 and my Budget for Jun as £236.

Not surprised that Im under budget as DW3 has been in the US for nearly 3 weeks.

See you all tomorrow

Love the FM

superspam

Hi!

Declaring £201.22 for May - £18.78 under budget! I'm very happy with that for my first go. For June I will aim for £250 - a bit higher than Mays target but this will be for food, clothes, toiletries, going out etc - everything that is not a household bill infact. In May I literally just counted food so June will be a real challenge! June started today for me so I'm off to find the June thread and put todays spend up then update my sig.

debbym

Declaring £303.77 for May - but had food paid for by OH's company for the return ferry journey to the Netherlands last week so should really add another £50 quid to that - still way under the £450 budget :j
Budget for June £400 (no free food this month though so should be more challenging!)

jak

Declaring at £95.83! Over budget by 10.83! Grrrrr. How annoying! Oh well. £20 of that was dh hair stuff.
J
X

Aiming for £85 for June.

lingojingo

Declaring May at £162.98 including extra spends for belated birthday bash for DS1
Just attempting giant jaffa cake while he's out.

hollyh

Hi

My total for May is £122.27 which is £27.73 under budget:j .

I'm declaring £150 again for June. I'm not sure i'll manage as well next month seeing as i've run my cupboards and freezers right down. I'm going to try and do a big on line shop at the start of the month then all i should need to buy is fruit and veg each week.